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Media and Communications: Jordan

Includes news, newspapers, journals, radio, television, news services, press abstracts, publishing and bookseller associations.

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Al-Bawaba (http://albawaba.com/)
It is a major portal site that links a number of other websites on all the Arab countries. It contains up-to-date information on the political, business, social, cultural and religious aspects of a particular country. Just click on the name of the country for information in English and Arabic.

Al Rai (http://www.alrai.com/)
Arabic language newspaper linked to Jordan Times.

AME Info (http://www.ameinfo.com)
Covers current business news in a number of fields including energy, oil and gas, Arab financial markets, construction, and technology. Includes in-depth business reports from different countries in the region, and links to other relevant websites (English, Arabic).

Ammonnews.net http://www.ammonnews.net/arabicDemo/index.php
Arabic language newspaper that gives information on the rise and fall of stocks perpetually posted.

Arab Environment Monitor http://www.arabenvironment.net/
“An update and analysis of environmental policies, innovation and applications in the Arab World.”

Arab Net (http://www.arab.net/)
It is a major Arab website that contains information on the government, history, geography, business, culture, transport, tourism of each country, and provides links to other relevant websites.

Arab Press http://www.qnaol.com/english/press.htm
A database of news sites online, includes country, newspaper name, subject, language, and website.

BBC World Service.com (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/)
Searching this site by country or by topic, offers a choice of news headlines, country profiles, and additional web links on specific aspects such as sports.

Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
Searching this site results in a list of recent documents from a number of web sites concerning media activities and press freedom in many countries.

Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/home/us)
British newspaper, online version searchable.

Gulf News Online (http://www.gulf-news.com/home/)
An English online version of the daily Gulf News newspaper - covers primarily the news of the Gulf countries as well as the Arab world and the rest of the world more generally.

Jordan Made magazine (http://www.jordanien.com)
It gives information on the bi-lingual (Arabic and English) Jordanian online industrial magazine.

Jordan News Agency http://www.petra.gov.jo/arabic/main.asp()
Provides information in Arabic and English.

The Jordan Times (http://jordantimes.com/mon/index.htm)
English language newspaper

King Hussein (http://www.pbs.org/search/search_results.html?q=King+Hussein&neighborhood=none )
It is from Online News Hour. It includes interviews, Real Audio highlights and more.

MEMRI: The Middle East Mhttp://www.pbs.org/search/search_results.html?q=King+Hussein&neighborhood=none edia Research Institute (http://www.memri.org/)
Founded in 1998, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) ‘explores the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.'

Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (Jordan) (http://www.moict.gov.jo/MoICT/en_index.aspx )
Ssite for the Ministry of Information and communications Technology. The Ministry coordinates Jordan's public sector efforts in positioning its sustained entry into the global ICT economy.

The Star (http://star.arabia.com)
An online English language Jordanian political, economic and cultural weekly.

University of Texas Middle East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/ )
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and the social sciences in the Middle East.

Washingtonpost.com: World (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/)
Search by country to find recent articles appearing in this newspaper.

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